Physiological properties of zebra finch ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars compacta neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2295-2306

  Gale, Samuel D ^a   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APAMIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; KYNURENIC ACID; QUINPIROLE; SULPIRIDE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FINCHES; LYSINE; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINPIROLE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TETRODOTOXIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33751251957     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01040.2005     Document Type: Article

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